Daniel
Shafer

06.26.18
Physical 6-foot-2, 200-pound frame with plenty of strength. Off the mound, his fastball was 82-85 mph and he filled the zone with a four-pitch mix.  He had tight spin on his curveball and slider with his curveball sitting 74-77 and his slider was 79-80.  His curveball has more depth, and his slider has later and tighter break to the pitch. HIs changeup also flashed depth, and he worked down in the zone with it at 79-80 mph.  Shafer works from a long and loose over-the-top arm stroke, has rhythm in the delivery with some effort involved, direction to the plate, leg drive, and an athletic finish with a long smooth follow through. At the plate, he posted 87 mph exit velocity off the tee and flashed power to the left-center gap in BP. He has a slightly open stance with rhythm and looseness in his hands (wearing garden gloves, talk about hard-nosed), strides back to parallel, gets separation in his hands during his compact load, and has minimal head movement in his easy swing.  The ball jumps off his barrel with relative ease, as his barrel whips through the zone with some bat speed. From behind the plate, his pop times ranged from 2.07-2.26 seconds, and he flashed arm strength and true carry (81 mph top velocity).